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A London man has been sentenced to a total of eleven years and three months imprisonment for sexual exploitation offences against a 13-year-old Brighton girl, and of separately attempting to meet a girl for sexual purposes.

Kerien Rudland, 24, unemployed, of Alwold Crescent, Eltham, London, SE12, was sentenced at Chichester Crown Court on Friday 25 June.

He had pleaded guilty at Brighton Crown Court on 27 November 2019 to to inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, meeting a child following sexual grooming and two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child.

He pleaded not guilty to two offences, of abduction and sexual assault, and these were directed to lay on the court file without being proceeded with.

He was also convicted on 5 December after a separate trial at the same court of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual communications with a girl under 16, and attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act.

These offences related to his engagement online from his family address in Hull, with someone online who was pretending to be a 13-year-old girl. He was arrested on suspicion of that offence by Humberside Police in August 2018.

The language used by Rudland when communicating with the Brighton girl on Facebook were very similar to those sent to the 'decoy' account.

Rudland will be a registered sex offender for ?life and ???was given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) severely restricting his access to children and computers until further court notice.

The sexual exploitation prosecution, authorised by the CPS, followed an investigation by officers from the Brighton Safeguarding Investigations Unit into a report received on Sunday evening (10 February).

Detective Sergeant Matt Stevens said; "Rudland met the girl on the Internet, groomed her online, met her in Brighton on Sunday 10 February 2019 and had sexual activity with her on the beach in Brighton and on a train with her on the way back to London. She was reported missing by her family, and when we checked her PlayStation we found recent contact between them via Facebook.

"As a result of our intensive enquiries, working with our colleagues in the Metropolitan Police, they were located in London at his mother’s address where he was living, by 11am the following morning and he was arrested.

"The girl was safe and has been receiving support from our specialist officers and independent agencies since.

"We also received valuable assistance from both Humberside Police and British Transport Police.

"Kerien Rudland is without doubt a serious danger to children. He began his offending online, quickly progressing to contact sexual offending with a child. Sussex Police Safeguarding Investigation Units work tirelessly to safeguard children, prosecute offenders and enable them to be removed from society.

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Simon Dickinson commented 'nice' after being sent a video of a child being raped

A paedophile swapped videos of children being raped in a sickening group chat called 'TeenTinyGirl'.

In the perverted chat on Kik Messenger Simon Dickinson and other paedophiles would comment on child sex abuse videos calling them "sexy".

The 44-year-old's disgusting behaviour was revealed after he used Snapchat to share pictures of child sex abuse, and police were able to trace his IP address.

After a raid the full extent of his criminal content was uncovered and police found that he had also sent links to videos of child rape to seven other people from his computer.

Derek Jones, prosecuting today at Liverpool Crown Court, said Merseyside Police received intelligence that a "user of the Snapchat social media app uploaded indecent images".

Officers were able to track the IP address from the account to Dickinson's address, where they arrested him on November 24 last year when he initially denied any involvement.

Mr Jones said there were 58 images of child rape, eight of which were videos and 266 other images of child sex abuse, 15 of which were videos.

The court heard the children in the videos were between the ages of six and 10.

Dickinson was part of a group chat on Kik Messenger called 'TeenTinyGirl' in which the members would share sickening videos and images of children being raped.

Comments in the group included "nice", "sexy" and "want to trade".

Mr Jones said Dickinson commented "nice" after a video of a child being raped was shared in the group.

Dickinson had also sent links to videos of children being raped to seven other people "shortly before the arrest".

Mr Jones said: "Recipients of those links seemed to indicate they had received them and comments put down showed their approval of the images."

The sick paedophile had shared 75 child rape videos and 81 videos of other forms of child sex abuse as well as one still image of an adult woman being raped.

Dickinson has two previous, unrelated, convictions involving drugs and alcohol from 2002 and 2008.

Stuart Mills, defending, urged the judge to suspend any custodial sentence.

Referring to Dickinson's denial of any sexual interest in children, which is cited in a probation report, he said: "The defendant is someone who is prepared to engage with the service and the probation service is perhaps the best placed organisation to deal with these difficulties."

He said: "He is frankly mortified, devastated and broken by what he has done."

Mr Mills said Dickinson was "isolated and lonely" and lives alone.

He said: "He has few friends and resorted to chat applications on his telephone which led to this offending."

Mr Mills said if he was jailed "he will lose his job" and it would affect his relationship with his children.

Dickinson, of Dwerryhouse Lane, West Derby, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children, possession of indecent images of children, possession of an extreme pornographic image, two counts of distributing indecent images of children and possession of indecent photographs of children for show.

Judge David Aubrey, QC, sentencing, said: "Notwithstanding the fact you may be an isolated and lonely man you were immersed in sexual depravity concerning children."

The judge said that despite Dickinson's denials he was "obtaining sexual gratification" from the indecent images.

Judge Aubrey said: "Each and every image that you were in possession of to which I have had made reference represented the abuse of a child."

The judge said he was "perpetuating the abuse of such children".

Judge Aubrey said: "You were actively involved, immersed, in that network specifically designed to facilitate the communication of the sharing of such images of children and that in my judgement is a serious aggravating factor."

Dickinson was jailed for two years and six months.

He was put on the Sex Offenders Register for life and ordered to adhere to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for the same period.

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Cloud Chunga, 47, met the child after grooming her in a series of online messages including sending indecent images of himself.

A girl skipped school to have unprotected sex with a middle-aged man unaware that he was HIV positive, a court heard.

Cloud Chunga kept his medical status a secret and the 15-year-old only found out afterwards.

She was then put through the trauma and anxiety of undergoing tests to see if she had contracted the virus.

Chunga, a 47-year-old asylum seeker, of no fixed address in Leicester, pleaded guilty to sexual communication with a child under 16, sexual activity with a child, meeting her following grooming and taking indecent photographs of the girl, at the end of last year.

Richard Thatcher, prosecuting, said the girl met the defendant in passing, but some time later he contacted her online to embark on sexualised private conversations via a social media site.

The prosecutor said: "The defendant told her he could not wait to have sex with her and until she was 18 so he could marry her."

They arranged to meet and the girl skipped school to see him in Leicester, still wearing her uniform.

He then took her to a flat in the Beaumont Leys area where they had unprotected sexual intercourse.

Afterwards, Chunga gave her Belgian chocolate biscuits and some perfume.

He also took photographs of her topless and of her in bed with him, which the police later found on his mobile phone.

Officers went to the victim's home after being alerted about her unexplained absence from school and discovered what had happened.

Chunga was arrested in January and "disclosed that he was HIV positive," said Mr Thatcher.

The victim was traumatized and unfairly "blamed herself."

In an impact statement read out, the girl was described feeling angry, ashamed and embarrassed, with low self-confidence.

She endured several weeks of anxious waiting, before learning she had tested negative for HIV, but stated: "I can't believe someone would be so selfish, that someone would risk giving that to someone else."

Clare Dowse, mitigating, said: "He's been in the UK since 2001, initially to study, and later applied as a refugee to remain in the country and his status is still unresolved.

"He was without a permanent residence at the time of the offences.

"He'd been staying with people he knew, relying on the church and friends for support.

"The offences were an aberration."

Judge Robert Brown said: "The pre-sentence report says he struggles to understand how she is a victim, despite knowing she was a vulnerable child."

He added: "He had unprotected sex with a 15-year-old girl knowing he was HIV positive, without divulging that to her and he presents a high risk of harm to young girls."

"It matters not at all that she appears to have consented to sexual activity, the point is that she was underage, vulnerable and you took advantage of her."

Chunga was jailed for six years, with an additional four year licence period.

He will have to serve a minimum of two thirds of the custodial term, before being considered for release.

Chunga was placed on an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and will be on a sex offender register for life.

Afterwards, investigating officer, Detective Constable Darren Etteridge, said: “Despite knowing the victim was 15-years-old, Chunga continued to groom and engage in sexual activity with her, exploiting her vulnerability.

“The wealth of evidence against him left him with little choice but to plead guilty and while this has relieved the victim of having to give evidence at court, her experience with Chunga still remains with her.

"Her engagement with us has been critical in bringing the case to a successful conclusion and she continues to be a very brave young girl who I hope can put what happened behind her.”

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A serial paedophile with a history of online sexual offending was caught with a secret tablet computer in his room, a court has heard.

Another resident at the hostel where Aithan Jones was living had sold him the device, which he had not told the police about.

The 25-year-old has a history of trying to sexually groom children online and of breaching court orders designed to try to manage his behaviour.

A judge at Swansea Crown Court told the defendant that if he continued offending he was likely to be classified as a dangerous offender and would face significantly longer sentences.

Hannah George, prosecuting, said in 2020 Jones was found to be breaching a sexual harm prevention order by using a number of Facebook profiles to contact a young boy and by attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity. He was sentenced to 22 months in prison at Cardiff Crown Court and upon his release was sent to live in an approved hostel in Swansea.

The court heard that on June 7 this year a search was made of Jones' room which uncovered a tablet device he had not informed the police about. The court heard that another resident at the hostel had sold it to him for 60 though was yet to receive payment for it. The tablet had a sim card in it and was internet-enabled.

Aithan Philip Jones, of The Strand, Swansea, admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO. He has four previous convictions for 10 offences five of which are sexual offences.

Judge Geraint Walters said only a sentence of immediate custody was appropriate. He said in his view the last sentence Jones had been given was too lenient and in his view should have been twice the length. He warned the defendant that if he continued offending the time would come when he would be classified as a dangerous offender.

Giving the defendant the required one-third discount for his guilty plea the judge sentenced him to 12 months in prison for breaching the SHPO. Jones would ordinarily serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community however the court heard he has been recalled to prison to serve the remainder of the 22-month sentence imposed in 2020 and is not not be released from that term until May 2022. The judge said he did not have the power to make the new sentence run consecutively with the existing term of imprisonment, meaning the new sentence will not prolong Jones' period behind bars.

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A Luton paedophile attempted to engage in sexual communication with two girls who he believed to be 12 and 13 years old.

Mohammed Hussain, 38, of Ivy Road in Luton, Bedfordshire started an online chat with the "girls" and sent a number of sexually explicit messages and pornographic images and videos to them.

He was arrested by police officers in July 2020 after his actions were reported.

After a six-day trial in April 2021 Hussain was found guilty of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act.

He was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Luton Crown Court on Thursday, June 17.

Investigation officer Emma Shipton, from Bedfordshire Police's Internet Child Abuse Investigation Team, said: "Child sexual abuse will not be tolerated in Bedfordshire and we’re committed to tackling offenders to prevent them from causing further harm, as well as providing support and justice to victims.

"I am pleased that Hussain has received a custodial sentence and that there were no victims involved on this occasion.

"This case is a reminder of how predators use different forms of social media, web chats and online forums to target victims."

She added: "We would encourage parents and guardians to actively educate your children about the dangers of social media and about online safety, make sure that they feel comfortable in speaking about anything they see online which makes them feel uncomfortable.

"This also includes not talking to anyone who they don’t know in real life, not sharing any personal information, and keeping privacy settings as high as possible."

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A 74-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after being found guilty of 19 non-recent sexual offences against three children.

John Hewitt, of Preston, Hull was found guilty at Grimsby Crown Court today (22 June 2021) of eight counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of indecency with a child.

The charges were brought as part of an investigation into offences which took place during the 1980s in the Hull and Hessle area against three children aged between 13 and 16 years old at the time of the offences.

Detective Superintendent Phil Gadd investigating said: Hewitts actions against three vulnerable children were sickening and incomprehensible. Actions which have had a lasting impact on the victims throughout their lives.

I want to thank the victims and witnesses and commend them for their bravery and perseverance throughout the investigative process. They have displayed dignity and courage throughout this incredibly difficult time as their patience and understanding has been invaluable whilst we built a strong case against Hewitt.

They have had had to carry the trauma of his criminal actions since their childhood and I sincerely hope that they are now able to feel some sense of justice has been achieved and they can look to hopefully move forward knowing he is in prison where he belongs.

I also wish to thank the dedicated investigation team, not least Detective Sergeant Samantha Allen and Detective Constable Stephen Jewell who have shown persistence and commitment throughout the lengthy and difficult investigation.

On passing sentence Judge Bury commented that Mr Hewitt is now 74 years old and in the twilight of his years and has shown no sympathy throughout the trial, it has taken forty years for his chickens to come home to roost. If he were to die in prison serving this sentence then so be it.

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'HornyScouser78' was arrested outside B&M after buying three Kinder Eggs for a 13-year-old he called 'well fit'

A paedophile bought Kinder Eggs to give to a "girl" he was planning to meet at McDonald's.

Keiran Alderton was arrested outside B&M in Hunts Cross after talking online to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, but she was actually an undercover police officer.

The 31-year-old, under the username 'HornyScouser78', told the girl he was "going to kiss the face off her" and "kissing might lead to more".

After he was arrested police discovered sickening child sex abuse images of children on his iPhone, including pictures of children being raped.

Cheryl Mottram, prosecuting today at Liverpool Crown Court, said the decoy profile of a 13-year-old girl, was set up by police on Kik Messenger.

Ms Mottram said: "On June 5 on that application she was contacted by 'HornyScouser78'".

After being told the 'girl' was 13-years of age Alderton "asked for details about her" and "asked if she 'liked older blokes'".

Ms Mottram said Alderton then "sent an image of himself in a red Liverpool t-shirt".

She said he informed the "girl" he was 30 years of age and said it was a 'shame' she wasn't older".

Alderton asked for a photo and was sent a picture of a girl, to which he replied she was "well fit with nice lips and eyes".

Ms Mottram said: "He suggested meeting up and asked what they would do when they met up and said 'maybe a little kiss'."

She said they then arranged to meet at McDonald's on June 10, 2020, at 11am.

The undercover police officer asked Alderton to bring Kinder Eggs and Alderton said he was "going to kiss the face off her" and "kissing might lead to more".

Alderton was arrested "at the retail park outside a B&M store where he had been to buy her Kinder Eggs".

After his arrest officers found 347 indecent pictures of children on his iPhone, including 35 of the most serious category, which involved images of children being raped.

Ms Mottram said the youngest child in the images was five-years-old.

Mike Hagerty, defending, urged the judge to suspend any custodial sentence stressing Alderton had admitted the offences at the earliest opportunity and didn't have any previous convictions.

Mr Hagerty said the offences took place against "the background of a breakdown in the defendant's long term relationship with the mother of his two sons".

He said Alderton has moved back in with his mum and has only been able to see his children once under supervision as a result of the proceedings.

He said Alderton has also been unable to see his brother "who has cerebral palsy and who he was a carer for".

Mr Hagerty said Alderton has "lost his job of 10 years working as a carer" and lost his home.

Mr Hagerty said he had provided "no real explanation to why he acted in the way he did" and he "denies any sexual interest in children".

He added Alderton, who has no previous convictions, had shown "shame", "regret" and "remorse" and the judge confirmed the defendant had "suffered from anxiety and depression".

Alderton, of Feltwell Road, Anfield, admitted attempting sexual communication with a child, attempting to meet a child after sexual grooming, three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and possession of indecent images of children.

Judge Anil Murray, sentencing, said: "You travelled in an effort to meet what you thought was a child, that went beyond looking at images."

Determining whether the prison sentence could be suspended Judge Murray explained a pre sentence report deemed him a "high risk of serious harm to children should you reoffend".

The judge said: "I ask whether you present a risk to the public, the answer is yes."

Judge Murray added: "There are significant concerns about your sexual preoccupation and level of denial."

The judge jailed Alderton for two years and two months.

He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and told to adhere to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for the same period.

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A "callous and selfish" Bedford man who pleaded guilty to having sex with a child has been jailed for five years.

Stuart Tomey, 36, committed a number of sexual offences against a teenage girl between April and November 2020.

He was arrested by Bedfordshire Police in December after the victim came forward to report on his actions.

Detectives praised the bravery of the teenage girl, who said in a victim statement: “The impact that this has had on me affects me every day.

"I really struggled with accepting that I was a victim and blamed myself for what happened, but as the time has gone on I learned that this was not my fault.”

Tomey, of Rutland Road, Bedford, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced on June 16 to 57 months for each offence, which will run concurrently.

He received a further three months for breaching his bail conditions, totalling five years in prison.

Detective Constable Rebecca Goodman, from Bedfordshire Police’s Protecting Vulnerable People team, which investigated the offences, said: “Tomey’s selfish and callous offending has resulted in him receiving a lengthy prison sentence."

She added: “Our force takes reports of sexual offences extremely seriously and we are committed to protecting vulnerable people in our county, and especially in cases which involve children.

“This comes after a second court case concluded this month and resulted in a lengthy prison sentence for child sex offences.

“Hopefully this will encourage further victims of such offences to come forward, no matter when it happened. We will believe you and investigate your report, and we will work with our partner agencies to find the right support for you.”

In a statement, Bedfordshire Police said that victims of rape and sexual assault can receive support and guidance from the force and partner agencies, including the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), as well as support through the criminal investigation process.

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A SOUTHAMPTON man tried to humiliate a woman by sending revenge porn to her mother, a court heard.

Adam Keith Parker, 30, had access to the woman's online cloud storage account meaning he could see all of her photos.

Parker sent a naked photo and another image of his victim wearing see-through items to her mother last year.

He was eventually reported to the police.

A Crown Prosecution Service solicitor said that the messages caused the woman a “massive amount of anxiety” and she is now wanting to be assessed for PTSD.

In a statement, the woman said she was left feeling emotionally exhausted knowing Parker had been through her account “stalking and keeping tabs” on her.

At Southampton Magistrates' Court he pleaded guilty to disclosing private sexual photographs without consent with the intention of causing distress.

Defending, Oliver O’Connor, argued that the images were not in the public domain and the offence was not as serious as if he had been “plastering them on the internet”.

District Judge Peter Greenfield scolded Parker, saying he had intended to humiliate his victim.

He jailed him for 12 weeks, suspended for 12 months.

Parker must complete 15 rehabilitation activity days and pay £500 in compensation.

He must also pay a £128 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs.

Parker is subject to a restraining order for two years and three months.

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The married father who was so obsessed with male genitalia he secretly recorded dozens of men and boys using toilets was handed a sentence of probation.

Tinsley was ordered to complete a two-and-a-half-year probation program with a warning that any breach would see him back in the dock. Tinsley, from the Lurgan Road in Dromore, Co Down, had earlier entered guilty pleas to 18 sex offences.

His offending was discovered when a 14-year-old boy urinating in the toilets of CastleCourt shopping centre on January 26 2019 spotted him holding a mobile phone over the cubicle wall.

Cops uncovered 160 other secretly recorded videos including 20 of other young boys and all of them bar one taken in toilets.

One video was taken in one of the two guest bedrooms at the Coach House B&B he owns with his wife and while it only showed a guest setting a bag on to the bed, the fact he bought and installed the covert camera "demonstrates an intention on the defendant’s part". 

He agreed to complete a 30-month probation order and was imposed a “necessary and proportionate SOPO order. 

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A private dance teacher who repeatedly took advantage of a girl has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for sexual abuse.

Robert Louw, 27, of Rookery Road, Tilston, Malpas, in Cheshire, must also register as a sex offender indefinitely and is banned from working with children or vulnerable adults on his release from prison.

He pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual activity with a child. Mold crown court heard Louw had been messaging the victim on Snapchat.

Judge Rhys Rowlands said the sordid and repeated abuse had a “profound” effect on the youngster and she considered suicide at one point. “You were taking advantage of a young girl many years younger than yourself,” he said.

“It’s been a bad effect upon her,” Judge Rowlands told Louw, who taught in the Wrexham area.

A sexual harm prevention order will last indefinitely. Andrew Green, defending, said he had taken responsibility for his behaviour.

Prosecuting barrister Simon Rogers said the abuse came to light when the victim’s mother confronted her daughter about a note.

Louw accepted a kiss but denied other sexual activity when quizzed.

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A Shetland school teacher has been sentenced after being found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with two pupils.

Kieran Malcolmson was convicted of two charges following a trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court last month. He has been jailed for 15 months.

A remote jury found the 36-year-old guilty by majority of being in a position of trust as a schoolteacher and engaging in sexual activity other than sexual intercourse with or directed towards a pupil in 2009.

He kissed and engaged in sexual activity with the girl while he was employed as a teacher at a school in Shetland.

Malcolmson was also found guilty by majority of a similar offence of engaging in sexual activity with or directed towards another pupil at a school in 2018.

He kissed the girl on the mouth and repeatedly asked her to accompany him to a dark and secluded area.

Following the outcome of the trial, sentence was deferred on Malcolmson, of Sandwick, Shetland, for reports.

On Friday, 18th June he appeared back in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court to learn his fate.

Defence agent John Keenan invited the sheriff to impose a community order rather than jail.

He said the convictions had had real consequences for him, adding: Since the events in the most recent charge came to light, he was immediately suspended from work and was suspended for about two-and-a-half years before matters concluded following the trial.

At the beginning of this month he was dismissed from his employment and will not be able to resume work in that field.

Regarding the offences themselves, Mr Keenan went on: These are not situations where there is an element of grooming in the build-up to the offences.

On the contrary, these appear to have been matters that occurred really fairly randomly on an impulsive basis.

Mr Keenan said Malcolmson, who continues to deny the offences, had been an active member of the community, coaching a football team and also sitting on a community council.

He added: Aside from these offences, otherwise hes led a useful and productive life which has really, in some ways, been ruined by his actions.

Sheriff Philip Mann told the court: This case involves a serious breach of trust.

Despite your good character and the high price you have paid, I have come to the conclusion only a custodial sentence is appropriate.

Malcolmson was jailed for 15 months and made subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act for a decade.

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A man who raped a young girl in the woods when he was a teenager was sentenced for his crimes today.

Steven Booker was 15 when he raped the 13-year-old in Rhyl in the summer of 1990.

The horrific offence only came to light after the victim became a grown woman and reported the incident.

Today Steven Booker, now 46, of Rhydwen Drive, Rhyl, was jailed at Mold Crown Court for two years and six months for the rape.

His co-accused Nicholas Roberts, also 46, of Cheltenham Avenue, Rhyl, was also jailed for six months for indecently assaulting the girl.

Their victim has lifelong anonymity to protect her identity.

The judge His Honour Judge David Hale, told the defendants in the dock: “I’m going to sentence you for something that you did many years ago, something you hoped would never ever see the light of day, and certainly something you hoped you would never see as a conviction.”

The judge added: "You must have remembered it. You must have been ashamed for what you did to that girl then, when she was 13 and a half.

"You, Mr Booker, would have been 15 and a quarter. You, Mr Roberts, 15 and a half, playing in the woods on a summer's day."

The judge said Booker "took it upon yourself to have a sexual experience with her".

The judge said an aggravating feature was what he said to Roberts, which the court heard was "Wanna go, Nick?"

Jailing Booker for the rape, he also gave him two concurrent sentences of six months each for two indecent assaults.

As for Nicholas Roberts, the judge said the rape and indecent assaults happened "in front of him"

But Roberts was cleared of raping the 13-year-old girl.

Mold Crown Court also heard that about a year after the incident in the woods, Roberts raped a different girl in a house in Rhyl.

"It was a deliberate act on your part", said the judge.

One victim said the crimes have affected her ability to trust people and to be intimate. The convictions by the jury were a "great weight off her shoulders".

The other victim said she suffers flashbacks and feels unsafe in Rhyl.

Simon Rogers, defending Booker, said his client's offences stemmed from a "single incident of sexual experimentation".

And Simon Killeen, defending, urged the judge to be lenient and said Roberts has learning difficulties. His mother, who has severe arthritis, relies on him to drive.

Overall, he jailed Booker for two and a half years for the rape in the woods, plus two six-month terms for indecent assaults, both to run concurrently.

Roberts was jailed for two and a half years for the rape in the house, plus six months for the indecent assault and six months for sexual assault of a child aged under 13, making a total of three and a half years' imprisonment.

He was further given six months in jail for inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity, to run concurrently.

Both men also received lifelong restraining orders not to contact their victims.

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A twisted pervert who tried to rape one elderly woman in her home and sexually targeted another has been jailed for 20 years.

Damian Lasota was described by a judge as the "stuff of nightmares" after preying on the two lone females in the Twerton area of Bath.

His campaign of terror was halted after police installed CCTV at the women's homes and he was caught in action and arrested.

Lasota, 27, of Parry Close in Southdown, Bath, pleaded guilty to attempted rape, two charges of trespass with intent to commit a sex offence and two charges of exposure.

He appeared in the dock at Bristol Crown Court with a grey jumper draped over his head.

Judge Julian Lambert handed him a 20-year sentence, comprising of a 13-and-a-half year jail term and six-and-a-half years extended licence.

Lasota will have to serve at least two-thirds of the custodial term before the parole board considers him eligible for release.

The judge told him: "You are a predatory sex offender who is the stuff of nightmares.

"You were a masked prowler, stalking women at dead of night.

"You are proved to have attacked an older lady who was highly vulnerable.

"You then continued looking for opportunities to offend further.

"Your intention was to subdue and then rape women in their own homes at night.

"To say you have a deeply disturbed sexual psychology is an understatement."

Lasota was barred from working with children and vulnerable adults and ordered to register as a sex offender indefinitely.

James Haskell, prosecuting, told the court that last year police received some 40 reports of a man exposing himself to women in the Twerton area.

He said that, after Lasota's arrest, there have been no further reports.

Mr Haskell told the court in May last year Lasota entered the home of a vulnerable 73-year-old woman and followed her to her bedroom.

Having pulled down his trousers and pants, he said he was not going to hurt her before trying to engage her in a sex act - which she declined.

The intruder told her "I like older women" as he exposed himself to her before leaving, the court heard.

After the incident was reported the woman's home had a security upgrade complete with surveillance cameras.

Lasota was captured on camera as he returned to the woman's home around 1am on several occasions and prowled in the back garden.

The court heard Lasota targeted a second woman, aged 65, by visiting her home in the early hours and exposing himself - which was also captured on CCTV.

Mr Haskell said: "Plain clothed police officers were in the area, near the address.

"They saw a male who appeared to be acting suspiciously.

"The defendant appeared to be shining a light towards her property.

"The defendant realised he had been disturbed and ran off.

"He was pursued by police and he was arrested."

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A highly dangerous sex offender has been jailed for 160 days after he formed a secret, banned relationship with an unsuspecting woman.

The 23-year-old woman was charmed by a plumber's mate who attended her flat to carry out work, but was unaware of Kieran Dorian's sinister background.

She had no idea Dorian was on the sex offenders register for life and is a serial stalker who has plagued at least six women over a number of years.

Dorian returned to a neighbour's flat for work after the initial meeting with the woman and repeatedly engaged her in innocent conversation as she sat in the sunshine outside.

Today at Dundee Sheriff Court he admitted breaching strict terms of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order in March this year. He admitted ignoring a ban on him forming any relationship with a woman without advising his supervising officer.

Fiscal depute Gavin Letford told the court: "She is 23, resides alone and contacted her letting agent due to an issue with her taps. A plumber attended with the accused.

"The accused occasionally put his head in and asked about her work and engaged in general chit chat. On March 17 she met him a second time when she was sitting in a chair outside the flat.

"He was carrying out work in another flat. He noticed her and engaged her in conversation again. He stated that one day he would pop down and have a beer with her.

"He gave her his number and said his name was Kieran. They texted back and forwards on a range of subjects. On March 19 he asked if she wanted to do something and she agreed.

"On March 27 she contacted police to report an alleged offence which had taken place when he was at her home. He was subject to investigation by police and his phone was seized."

Screenshots of their conversations were sent to police and despite initial denials, Dorian finally conceded he had met the woman in Dundee without getting prior approval.

Solicitor Jim Laverty, defending, said the initial meetings had been innocent and Dorian's criminal offence was failing to alert his supervising officer in time.

He said Dorian had been talking to the woman as he carried gear in and out of the property and had later been exchanging texts about the genre of music they liked.

"He should have advised his supervising officer he was communicating with her," Mr Laverty said. "He has been in custody since March 29 and this has been a salutary experience for him."

Sheriff Gregor Murray said: "Your list of previous convictions confirms that since 2016 you have been subject to a number of orders from the court.

"You were very well aware from five years ago that you were under review. The SOPO was granted four years ago and that was very strict in its terms.

"That recognises that you are a person who is dangerous and any relationship you have has to be openly explained - most importantly to the lady involved so she is aware of your background."

In 2019, Dorian was jailed for three years for bombarding the social worker tasked with monitoring his behaviour with filthy phone calls and texts.

He also admitted stalking another woman for more than three-and-a-half years after becoming obsessed with her and harassing her online and in person.

Those two victims were the fifth and sixth women he had admitted stalking over a seven year period.

Dorian dodged jail in 2017 after he admitted stalking four separate women - with a community payback order imposed placing him under supervision.

Jailing Dorian in 2019, Sheriff Alastair Brown said: "Your behaviour was entirely self-centred. You can't continue to think the whole world revolves around you."